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My husband, Spencer, is close to completing his three-year Internal Medicine residency. The time has come for the last crazy loop on the roller coaster; we are moving at breakneck speed toward the finish line. The first year I was overwhelmed. The tears, they flowed freely. The second year, I was mostly pissed. The schedule and some of the staff were a complete...

2017 was the first time that I was retired for the full calendar year. Couple that with The Doc being knee-deep in residency, and I had some serious time on my hands. Time enough to read 102 books, apparently. I am sure that this is a feat that won’t be repeated by me any time soon. We have a bunch of life coming at us in 2018, and I am fairly certain there...

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A few weeks ago, The Doc and I celebrated our fifth(!) wedding anniversary. It was timed perfectly, as Spencer was just finishing up his second year of residency, and it had been a few particularly grueling months. That guy needed a break, stat! So, after much research, we opted to fly to Cancun and stay at an all-inclusive resort for six glorious nights. The hotel,...